****************************************************************************** May 17th, 2010 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1136.52 1141.88 1114.96 1136.94 1.26/0% -2%/-5% S&P100 516.45 518.07 506.76 516.33 0.14/0% -2%/-6% VIX 31.33 35.25 30.76 30.84 -0.4/-1% 9%/78% Nasdaq100 1911.38 1920.75 1872.92 1915.45 8.35/0% -1%/-5% VXN 31.57 35.58 31.57 31.78 0.23/1% 7%/78% NYSE TICK 365 1425 -1584 -54 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK512 TICKscore -40 CumAdj TICK -570 NYSE TRIN 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 ---- ---- Dow Indus 10661.0 10436.1 10625.8 5.67/0% -1%/-4% DJIA@10:30 10613.7 DJIA@3:00 10575.2 LstHour Ind 57.1 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 516.33 516.19 525.32 531.75 525.55 527.41 Upper Band 563.49 564.22 564.13 565.77 567.25 567.51 Lower Band 506.41 508.84 511.78 512.99 513.64 515.52 VIX 30.84 31.24 26.68 25.52 28.32 28.84 Upper Band 37.49 36.73 35.73 35.39 35.12 34.35 Lower Band 10.63 10.03 9.74 9.00 8.28 7.84 NDX 1915.45 1907.10 1945.52 1975.58 1940.48 1942.61 Upper Band 2098.27 2100.06 2099.96 2104.60 2107.90 2107.81 Lower Band 1861.11 1869.13 1879.80 1884.48 1886.50 1892.92 VXN 31.78 31.55 28.05 27.00 29.59 30.36 Upper Band 38.30 37.48 36.54 36.08 35.67 34.77 Lower Band 10.85 10.28 9.84 9.15 8.46 8.00 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 7063.83 7077.64 7234.37 7316.36 7221.66 7257.62 Tot Issues 3204 3192 3209 3202 3197 3219 Advancers 1265 391 1109 2692 1727 3013 % of Total 39.5% 12.2% 34.6% 84.1% 54.0% 93.6% Decliners 1862 2749 2010 456 1397 173 % of Total 58.1% 86.1% 62.6% 14.2% 43.7% 5.4% Unchanged 77 52 90 54 73 33 New Highs 30 20 99 99 56 57 New Lows 25 22 6 10 8 7 Adv Volume 607558 67183 248844 1096758 590762 1796816 % of Total 42.1% 4.4% 20.6% 85.9% 40.5% 96.7% Decl Volume 822507 1454893 941828 170051 849164 60895 % of Total 57.1% 95.4% 78.1% 13.3% 58.2% 3.3% Total Vol 1441619 1524580 1205922 1276689 1459277 1858346 Unch Volume 11554 2504 15250 9880 19351 635 ARMS Index 0.92 3.08 2.09 0.92 1.78 0.59 5 Day ARMS 8.79 8.46 7.65 6.9 6.86 7.65 McClellanOs -212 -203 -89 -40 -166 -201 McClellanSm 2427 2639 2843 2932 2972 3138 Cumul TICK -63594 -92474 -1123 -22375 84493 37183 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2354.23 2346.85 2394.36 2425.02 2375.31 2374.67 Tot Issues 2837 2817 2824 2827 2802 2855 Advancers 1314 421 988 2243 1617 2460 % of Total 46.3% 14.9% 35.0% 79.3% 57.7% 86.2% Decliners 1412 2312 1729 504 1072 333 % of Total 49.8% 82.1% 61.2% 17.8% 38.3% 11.7% Unchanged 111 84 107 80 113 62 New Highs 41 27 120 132 61 39 New Lows 56 29 15 17 27 17 Adv Volume 1387513 276439 501168 2047362 1122695 2617455 % of Total 57.0% 10.4% 21.1% 87.1% 44.0% 91.1% Decl Volume 967532 2297870 1733566 182104 1296840 173233 % of Total 39.7% 86.6% 73.0% 7.7% 50.9% 6.0% Total Vol 2434481 2653025 2375251 2351901 2548840 2871806 Unch Volume 79436 78716 140517 122435 129305 81118 ARMS Index 0.65 1.51 1.98 0.4 1.74 0.49 5 Day ARMS 6.28 6.12 7.49 7.82 8.47 8.72 McClellanOs -125 -138 -48 -10 -110 -157 McClellanSm 1221 1345 1483 1531 1541 1651 Cumul TICK 6549 -238528 -138448 162286 -43387 91898 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 14-May 7-May 30-Apr 23-Apr 16-Apr 9-Apr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 37 39 41 38 49 43 AAII Bear 37 29 29 34 30 30 Market Vane 49 53 55 58 58 58 II Bull 47.2 56 54 53.3 51.1 48.9 II Bear 24.7 18.7 18 17.4 18.9 18.9 OddLot ShRt 31.3 35.8 35.9 34.1 29.7 33.3 ****************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: COMMENTS, DATA AND TRADING SIGNALS HEREIN ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUY OR SELL. ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT IS NOT GUARANTEED. ****************************************************************************** (C) 2010 ASTRIKOS LLC. THIS PUBLICATION IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUBSCRIBERS ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE SUMMARIZED, REPRODUCED, OR REBROADCAST IN ANY FASHION WITHOUT OUR WRITTEN PERMISSION.